Fri night, two brothers (Lamont and Anthony Peterson), both unbeaten, neither of who I've seen fight ... have step up fights. Ones a welterweight, ones a middleweight.

Sat night, in a fight I'm really looking forward to, Paulie Malignaggi takes on Herman “The Black Panther” Ngoudjo. Totally opposite styles. Malignaggi dances, talks shit, and throws jabs. No power. 23-1, only loss a tough fight with Cotto a couple years back. But just 5 KOs. If you've never seen Malignaggi fight before, hes a trip. And sure to be in rare form as the headliner on a Sat night Showtime card.

Ngoudjo's only loss was a controversial split decision against Jose Luis Castillo in their "winner gets to get beat up by Ricky Hatton" battle.

Yeah, I thought both the Petersons looked pretty good. Id agree that they have a little ways to go to compete with the top tier in their respective divisions, but both are hard to hit, great athletes, and still have youth on their side.

A great story to keep an eye on though. Two brothers, both unbeaten. Im sure Showtime will stay on top of those two and we'll likely see their next couple fights as same card features again.

Paulie's got a ton of heart, he showed that in the Cotto fight.
I don't see him in the same class as the guys you mentioned really. He's a good fighter that has no power.
I think he would lose to all the guys you mentioned.
Him fighting Hatton would be the one I would want to see the most because of the style difference.
Juan Diaz would destroy him like Cotto did.
Margarito and Cintron are possibly fighting each other soon.